pailán

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from the personal name Paio, from Latin Pelagius.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pajˈlaŋ/, /pɛjˈlao̯/

Noun

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pailán m (plural pailáns, feminine pailana, feminine plural pailanas)

  1. a rustic, uneducated person
    Synonyms: badoco, paiolo, pailaroco

Derived terms

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  • pailanada (a shortsighted action or proposition)
  • pailaroco (rustic, simple person)

Adjective

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pailán (feminine pailana, masculine plural pailáns, feminine plural pailanas)

  1. rustic, uneducated, parochial

References

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  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. pailán..
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos